Oh, isn't life a terrible thing, thank God?

Me, Polly Garter, under the washing line, giving the breast in the garden to my bonny new baby. Nothing grows in our garden, only…

— Dylan Thomas

“What I write [. . .] doesn't seem to be . . . true. I mean I can model so little of what it's…

— Samuel R. Delaney

Now, son, I'm only telling you this because... life can do terrible things

— Mayday Parade

To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing,

— Hypatia

I wanted to be cute. That's the terrible thing. I should have had more sense.

— Dorothy Parker

The terrible thing about acting is the stops and starts.

— Anjelica Huston

My arms are up to the elbows in blood. That is the most terrible thing that lies in my soul.

— Nikita Khrushchev

I know the most terrible thing that can happen to a woman. That is the gang-up. Men put you to sleep with their drops…

— Ethel Waters

A mime is a terrible thing to waste.

— Marcel Marceau

An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing.

— Ross Macdonald

The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is the hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ.

— C. S. Lewis

For the truth is a terrible thing.

— Robert Penn Warren

Hearing loss is a terrible thing because it cannot be repaired.

— Pete Townshend

Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.

— P. T. Barnum

It's a terrible thing that your life turns into a good story.

— Salman Rushdie